Mumbai IANS Following passage of the legislation increasing the maximum limit of foreign direct investment in the insurance sector from 26 percent to 49 percent the State Bank of India SBI on Tuesday said it is reducing its existing stake in SB.....»»

The pilot believed to have deliberately crashed a Germanwings plane into the Alps last week had told officials at Lufthansa's flight training school that he had suffered from severe depression, the airline said......»»

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said today that he has asked for King Bhumibol Adulyadej's permission to lift martial law, which has been in place since before a coup 10 months ago, replacing it with a law that maintains the army's wide-ranging powe.....»»

The Supreme Court today declined to stay the sacking of Mizoram governor Aziz Qureshi, and said his application would be referred to the five-judge Constitution bench that is to be formed to rule on the Centre's powers to remove governors......»»

A meeting with Israel's President in Singapore on Sunday has revived a plan for a possible path-breaking visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Tel Aviv, but sections within the diplomatic community are cautioning against rushing into a trip at a time t.....»»

Three members of Parliament from Maharashtra, including a Union minister, have joined a war of words for and against a health ministry decision to keep in abeyance its proposal to expand pictorial warnings to cover 85 per cent of tobacco packets......»»

The Supreme Court has asked BJP leaders L.K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi to say why the "criminal conspiracy" charge against them in the Babri Masjid demolition case should not be reinstated, on an appeal by an Ayodhya resident......»»